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hos·pi·tal
I. \ˈhä]ˌspi]d.əl, ]təl also ]_spə̇] sometimes ˈhȯ]\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin hospitale, from Latin, bedroom, from neuter of hospitalis of a guest, hospitable, from hospit-, hospes host, stranger, guest + -alis -al — more at host
1. archaic : hospice 1
< an adjacent hospital founded by the princess … for the reception of pilgrims — Horace Walpole >
2. : a charitable institution for the needy, aged, infirm, or young; specifically : one for the education of the young
< received his formal education at Christ's Hospital in London >
3.
a. : an institution or place where sick or injured persons are given medical or surgical care — usually used in British English without an article when the object of a preposition
< so badly wounded that he died in hospital — Manchester Guardian Weekly >
< diagnosed frostbitten toes and removed him immediately to hospital — Alexander Tewnion >
— compare clinic, sanatorium
b. : a place for the care and treatment of sick or injured animals
4. : a workshop for the repair of any of various small objects
< a doll hospital >
< a fountain-pen hospital >
II. adjective
Etymology: Latin hospitalis
obsolete : hospitable |